welcome today we're heading to one of ancient Egypt's most recognizable sites
Abu Simbel built in 1244 BC these two temples are noted for their grandeur and
for the fact that they were moved in the 1960s. Let's find out more.
okay so yesterday we took a plane from Cairo to us one was an hour and a half
late than Aswan to Abu Simbel only a 30-minute flight and we are right here really
close to the Sudan border. We are going to abu simbel temple out in the middle of
nowhere in the southernmost part of egypt stands abu simbel a temple devoted
to Ramses the second in a smaller temple next to it
devoted to his queen nefertari
so once you go inside everyone you won't see the statues yes
all painted everybody ha mommy form now it's time to enter this colossal
monument
stepping into this monument completely takes your breath away
this is inside Ramses - temple details this is Ramses - in action
riding a chariot he has two arms to show that he was moving very fast
the interior feels like a sanctuary it's quiet and filled with unusual chambers
there are scenes of Egyptian triumphs Ramses in action and depicted as a God
among gods going inside the second corridor he's depicted with the gods a
very very controversial discovery to see
was Roxas - even jealous of the gods
walls and walls of carvings and hieroglyphics what does it all mean see
some other colors come through
this right here is the god of fertility
look at these faces look into my eyes and you will be good for
that was incredible that felt like being an Indiana Jones okay so it's really
windy so I'm trying to give some commentary and summarize what our guide
said we are at the temple of Abu Simbel this was moved in the mid 60s from a
lower level that was flooded from the Nile after they built the dam and then
they moved it 65 meters higher so that it could be in this mountain they had it
cut through the rock they actually had to cut and move the entire mountain
because this was built into the mountain to move it here and it's one of the
greatest facades of any temple it's a national and world treasure half of the
money to move it was from the Egyptian government the other half came from
UNESCO we just went inside it's absolutely incredible
we are in what's called upper egypt right now upper egypt meaning the lower
part of egypt we are very close to the Sudan border only 45 kilometers away and
behind me is the river nile all right here is ramses ii temple and
then here's his wife Nefertari she's over here
so Ramses was very vain so there's four statues of him and just two of his wife
Nefertari on the facade here
now it's time to enter Nefertari stemple it's much smaller softer and more
feminine than Ramses - it's the second time in ancient Egyptian history that a
temple was dedicated to a queen
still see a lot of the colors on the headdresses
depicts him defeating the Nubians we're in an area called the Nubia were
very close to Sudan the Nubians were a threat to this area.
Nubia means gold. If you like these views of the temple hit the thumbs up
button down below. After checking out the surrounding landscape we head into the
visitor center for a better look at how the site was made this is the visitors
center and it shows how they were able to move the facade of the temple she's
by piece to this new area give us one of these that's called that dot oh no it
looks kind of like a fig newton.
exactly like a fig newton little bit less filling. Now we are flying back to
aswan we hope that you enjoyed this tour of Abu Simbel and get a chance to visit
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